"When we had our children, our ideas changed somewhat. Thenceforward we lived only for them; they made all our happiness and we would never have found it save in them. In fact, nothing any longer cost us anything; the world was no longer a burden to us. As for me, my children were my great compensation, so that I wished to have many in order to bring them up for Heaven" -- Saint Zelie Martin, mother of St. Therese of Lisieux, canonized October 18, 2015 along with her husband St. Louis Martin.

Saturday, April 4, 2020

February

**I found this sitting in my drafts and decided to pop it up on the old blog to fill in a nice long gap!  Plus, I was wondering when I'd have a chance to update the progress in the kitchen: scroll down to see backsplash!


We had some days that felt a bit like Spring and I fully embraced Spring fever!  But then reality hit, and I went ahead and embraced that too: it's February, and we've got lots and lots of snow!












Here's a not-great picture of my new backsplash.  I'd update with better pictures, but my counters are never cleared off like they were when the backsplash was being installed!


So, I've got white appliances, white countertops and white backsplash.  It's significantly brighter and fresher than it felt with my old black and gold color scheme.  Now...lets see what year the floor gets replaced in, and maybe I'll even paint my cabinets and walls!